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(Modem W. 3.330019 APPLBPARER AND SLIGER.

No. 297,748, Patented Apr. 29, 1884.

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UNTTE STATE-S PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. BROOK, DUNELLEN, NEW JERSEY.

APPLE PARER AND SLICER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,748, dated April 29, 1884-.

v I Application filed September 24, 1883. (Modem To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. BROOK, of Dunellen, in the county of MiddleseX-and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apple Parers and Slicers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to .the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in apple and vegetable parers and slicers; and its that in cross-section it somewhat resembles 1 me, buthereby disclaim the same; and one Ioo object is to construct an article of this description in such manner that it shall be simple and inexpensive as well as strong and durable and very easy and efficient in its operation, its construction being such that the paring removed thereby is of even thickness throughout its length, and is readily discharged from the knife.

The invention consists in a parer and slicer' edge and its adjacent curved portion forming.-

the guide and the gage, and'a longitudinal slot extending nearly the whole length of the cutting-blade being cut out at the crown'or upper bend, through which the paring passes and is discharged, allof which is hereinafter particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved'parer and slicer; Fig. 2, a plan View of the'under side of the same. Fig. 3 shows a transverse section of the cutting-blade; and Fig. 4, a front View of the parer and slicer, showing also a modification of the mode of fixing it in the handle.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the several figures.

Arepresents the blade, which is made from a plate or piece of sheet metal (preferably of Sheetsteel) of suitable dimensions, and the cutting portion 10f which is bent or creased longitudinally into about the form shown in the drawingsthat is to say, into such form the letter S. A longitudinal slot, a, is cut out at that portion of the blade which forms the upper bend, b, for the purpose of forming a discharge-opening for the paring, which said slot extends nearly the whole length of the blade, (excepting that portion thereof which fits into the handle,) two widths, c and c,being left to form connecting pieces or bridges between the remaining portions d and e, which form thecutting-edge and the guiding-edge respectively. The extreme edge of the portion (1 is sharpened, and forms the knife proper, while the portion e-forms the guide which rests upon the outer surface of the apple or other article operated upon. The space f (see Fig. 3) between the portion 6 and the cutting-edge forms the gage, and may be made of suitable width. The rear'end, g, of the blade is made cylindrical or tubular to fit into a handle, B B. This handle may be of suitable form.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown my parer fitted into an ordinary wooden handle, B, and in Fig. 4. Ihave shown the same fitted-into a tubular handle, B, by fixing the rear portion, 9, of the handle into a cylindrical or tubular socket, h, the latter being fitted into a metallic tube, B, which forms the handle.

Vhen this latter construction is adopted, a corer may be fitted into the opposite or open end of the tube B; but I do not claim that as part of my invention, and therefore have not shown said corer in the drawings.

In Fig. 3 is shown a transverse section of the cutting-blade A, taken on the line a; as. In the said figure the circular dotted line may represent the outline of an apple or a potato, or other article that is being pared, and m the paring that is being removed therefrom. The motion of the parer, when operated, is in the direction of the arrow.

When the parer is used for slicing, the operation is similar to that represented in said Fig. 3, except that the cuts are made in straight lines, instead of around the periphery.

I do not hereby claim a parer having a blade which is semicircular or concavoconvex in cross-section, and a longitudinal slot in said blade to form a cutting-edge, as shown in Letters Patent No. 193,220, heretofore granted to of the objects of my present invention is to avoid certain defects incident to that construction, said defects being, first, that it is extremely diflicult to sharpen the cutting-edge after it has become dulled, as it must be sharpened from the inside to render it effective; also, that the longitudinal slot so weakens the blade that unless it is made of heavy metal the necessary pressure exerted in operating it will compress the edges and partially close the slot, and thereby prevent the knife from taking a paring, and by increasing the thickness of the metal the difficulty of sharpening the edge is increased; and, further, that the gage thus formed is imperfect in its operation, as by that construction the depth of the cut is proportionate to the rotundity of the article operated upon; but in my present improvement the gage or guide, by reason of its convex form, is rigid, and is separate from and independent of the cutting-edge, and an increase of pressure does not change the relation; and, finally, the opening is simply for 30 the discharge of the paring, and does not form either the gage or the cutting-edge.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is-- A parer and slicer having a blade, A, of

sheet metal bent or creased longitudinally, as 3 5 described, to form a cutting-edge, d, and a guiding'edge, a, and having a longitudinal slot, 0, cut out along the crown or bend b of the blade, forming a discharge opening, all

substantially as herein shown and described. 0

WILLIAM E. BROOK.

W'itnesscs:

JOHN S. THORNTON, M. H. 'lorrmu. 

